Air Marshal Uses Gun to Subdue "Noncompliant" Pax

[GeofJ]

None your post seems to miss the point - the 30 min rule is cr@p! We here in the US keep being asked to accept silly cr@p in lieu of real security actions in an effort to placate us or the ever nebulous "authorities". This is simple. Make security screening a law enforcement funtion - pure and simple - backing up poorly trained and ineffective contract labor with National Guard troops still leaves you with ineffective and poorly trained people doing the screening! Develop real responses to the challenges to running DCA - closing it down is not an option - threatening all pax is not an option - use your heads and develop a real solution that works not some mindless rote routine that doesn't work and doesn't make things any safer!